CALM vs. HRL, CAG, SJM, PPC, CPB, SFD, POST, LANC, FLO, and JJSF
Should you be buying Cal-Maine Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cal-Maine Foods include Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Campbell Soup (CPB), Smithfield Foods (SFD), Post (POST), Lancaster Colony (LANC), Flowers Foods (FLO), and J&J Snack Foods (JJSF). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Cal-Maine Foods vs.
Cal-Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) and Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Cal-Maine Foods has a beta of -0.12, suggesting that its stock price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hormel Foods has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hormel Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Cal-Maine Foods. Cal-Maine Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hormel Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
84.7% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.0% of Hormel Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.5% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Hormel Foods shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cal-Maine Foods has a net margin of 20.39% compared to Hormel Foods' net margin of 6.75%. Cal-Maine Foods' return on equity of 33.69% beat Hormel Foods' return on equity.
Cal-Maine Foods currently has a consensus price target of $74.50, suggesting a potential downside of 20.77%. Hormel Foods has a consensus price target of $31.80, suggesting a potential upside of 10.38%. Given Hormel Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hormel Foods is more favorable than Cal-Maine Foods.
In the previous week, Hormel Foods had 9 more articles in the media than Cal-Maine Foods. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Hormel Foods and 10 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods. Cal-Maine Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Hormel Foods' score of 0.91 indicating that Cal-Maine Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cal-Maine Foods pays an annual dividend of $5.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Hormel Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Cal-Maine Foods pays out 46.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hormel Foods pays out 84.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hormel Foods has raised its dividend for 59 consecutive years. Cal-Maine Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hormel Foods received 165 more outperform votes than Cal-Maine Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.38% of users gave Hormel Foods an outperform vote while only 52.96% of users gave Cal-Maine Foods an outperform vote.
Summary
Hormel Foods beats Cal-Maine Foods on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CALM) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
